Tag: Regional integration
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11 Jun 19 NewsThe AfDB’s 2019 Annual Meetings opened today in Malabo on the theme Regional Integration for Africa’s Economic Prosperity. AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina said the bank had inv...
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement: Welfare gains estimates from a general equilibrium model
10 Jun 19 NewsIn March 2018, representatives of member countries of the African Union signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, providing a framework for trade liberaliz...
Conclusion of the Bilateral Tariff Negotiations between SACU and the EAC
07 Jun 19 NewsPress release
The COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), which was launched on 10th June 2015, aims to establish a single market for 27 African countries with a co...
Advancing the intra-African Trade Agenda by implementing the Tripartite FTA
06 Jun 19 PublicationsThe launch of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) in June 2015 carried the signs of a new approach towards intra-African trade and integration. It was subsequentl...
South African government steps up the pace of African trade integration
06 Jun 19 NewsIn a step to boost the newly-approved African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), South Africa will be participating in a meeting of African Ministers of Trade in Ethiopia. ...
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21 May 19 NewsNigeria’s funding of the AU: FEC approves implementation of new import levy (Daily Post)
The Federal Executive Council, yesterday, approved the rate of 0.2% as the new imp...
What happens to the RECs once the AfCFTA is in force?
17 May 19 BlogRegional integration has been a prominent feature of inter-state cooperation in Africa for a long time. It is pursued for solidarity, historical, political and economic reasons. In...
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16 May 19 NewsDjibouti-Addis Ababa-Juba-Kampala Corridor: IGAD wraps up development studies
The Executive Secretary of IGAD, Amb Mahboub Maalim, along with the Director for Transport, Infrastru...
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10 May 19 NewsThe Bus King of Africa (Moneyweb)
Having conquered the South African bus market, Busmark CEO Pat Nodada is now partnering with the Industrial Development Corporation to build bus ...
East African Private sector discusses their contribution to the AfCFTA
10 May 19 NewsEABC charts out ways to leverage on the AfCFTA
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) isn’t simply a ‘Free Trade Agreement’; it’s about establishing a unified co...
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09 May 19 NewsTwo to Tango: An evaluation of World Bank Group support to fostering regional integration (World Bank)
This evaluation assesses the Bank Group’s effectiveness and comparative ad...
African Development Bank Civil Society Forum, partners, seek faster continental integration
09 May 19 NewsEngaging Civil Society in Regional Integration for Africa’s Economic Prosperity
Deeper engagement with civil society on development projects has resulted in acceptance of projec...
Services key to revving up economic growth and development
03 May 19 NewsThe services sector accounts for more economic activity than any other and its contribution to gross domestic product, trade and employment is ticking up.
Enhancing the services s...
Ratification of the AfCFTA Agreement: What happens next?
30 Apr 19 PublicationsIn January 2012, the African Union (AU) decided to establish a Continental Free Trade Area “to create a single continental market for goods and services, with free movement of bu...
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29 Apr 19 NewsDITE for Africa: Introducing the AU’s Digital Identity, Digital Trade and Digital Economy initiative. Download the concept note
AfCFTA updates:
This week in Arusha, Tanzani...
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23 Apr 19 NewsThe 8th Annual Borderless 2019 Conference starts tomorrow in Accra. The theme: Trade facilitation intra-regional in West Africa – new trends
Inclusive trade in Africa: The Afric...
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11 Apr 19 NewsApplications for UNCTAD’s online course on Trade and Gender for COMESA (pdf) close on 28 April. The course will be held from 20 May to 14 July.
Today, in Cairo: The road to Niam...
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10 Apr 19 NewsConcluding today, in Windhoek: UNCTAD regional capacity building training workshop on the use of statistics and the Productive Capacities Index to inform evidence-based policy-maki...
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05 Apr 19 Newstralac’s March 2019 newsletter is posted: the newsletter carries a comprehensive report of debates at tralac’s annual conference, convened recently in Nairobi
Diarise: The Afr...
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04 Apr 19 NewsThe AfDB’s Regional Economic Outlook: the West Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa and East Africa regional reports have been launched
The IMF has posted the Analytical Cha...